Sarah Griffith of Bridge 2 Sri Lanka, left, with Poppy Byrom, centre, and Vicki Eppelein of The Temp Desk, which is helping the charity’s work. (0781945)

SOME local firms have already decided on ways to mark National Temporary Workers Week.

The annual week, which looks to recognise the role the country’s 1.4 million temps play in the economy, runs until Friday and has already seen The Temp Desk donate £1,000 to Bridge 2 Sri Lanka on behalf of its temps, with additional money being donated on behalf of each one who signs up to the charity scheme.

Bridge 2 Sri Lanka was chosen after Poppy Byrom, who works at The Temp Desk, went on a project to Sri Lanka with the charity in April and assisted with ongoing community projects.

Miss Byrom was particularly affected by the building of a house for a family whose lives had been torn apart by two road accidents. The daughter had been hit by a motorbike and suffered brain damage and the father, a stonemason, was struck by a tuk-tuk and lost the use of one arm, leaving him incapable of continuing his trade or completing the building of his house.

On her return to work she suggested using Temp Week to raise money to cover the final costs of building and furnishing the house.

Vicki Eppelein, The Temp Desk consultant, said Miss Byrom’s passion for the charity’s work had shone through and it was an easy decision to make.